Friday’s Family History Finds is a couple of days late this week, due to RootsTech, but here is the (somewhat short) list:
Family Stories
The rest of the story from Dana:
What’s a Half Wagon (Dorothy’s Will Part 2) by Dana (Stewart) Leeds on The Enthusiastic Genealogist
Amy is a wonderful storyteller, although today’s post is poignant:
Aunt Dean: A Long and Difficult Life by Amy Cohen on Brotmanblog: A Family Journey
Building a Genetic Haplogroup Family Tree on Family Sleuther
Research Resources
Race, Slavery and Free Blacks. . .Petitions to Courts 1775-1867 – A Finding Aid NOT to Be Missed! by Diane L. Richard on UpFront with NGS
Tech News
Living DNA Results by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections
New: Online Family Tree Consistency Checker by Esther on MyHeritage Blog
Methodology
None!
Education Is for Everyone
None!
Keeping Up with the Times
Randy Seaver has a compendium of blog posts written this week about RootsTech 2017:
RootsTech 2017 Blog Compendium on Genea-Musings
Photos from Day 1 at #RootsTech 2017, also by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
Thanks so much for including my post. It was a hard story to tell, but knowing my father knew her and her children made it an important and special one for me.
You are a wonderful story teller. I love reading about all the various branches of your family.
Thank you, Linda, for including my post this past week. I appreciate it.